{"id":863,"date":"2014-01-04T00:59:36","date_gmt":"2014-01-04T05:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertwlucas.com\/wordpress\/?p=863"},"modified":"2021-12-06T09:30:36","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T14:30:36","slug":"book-marketing-tip-with-quote-from-p-t-barnum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertwlucas.com\/wordpress\/book-marketing-tip-with-quote-from-p-t-barnum\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Marketing Tip with Quote from P.T. Barnum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can be the best writer and author in the world, but if you do not tell the world about yourself and your works, nobody will ever know it. The reality is that all successful authors regularly promote and share information with everyone\u00a0they can reach.<\/p>\n<p>To be successful and generate direct, residual and passive forms of income from your books, products and services, you must become knowledgeable about marketing and do something everyday to get the word out to the world. 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